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Tribal — Philips Auctions Australia
Auction House:
| Philips Auctions Australia | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 36 |
| Lots with images: | 36 |
| Prices available: | 36 |
Category:
Tribal
- Aboriginal - Artefacts (4)
- African (10)
- New Guinean (6)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| *** | An impressive vintage Congolese ivory bust, early to mid 20th century, Zaire, the traditional carved portrait bust of a woman with coiffed hair and striking stylised features including heavily lidded eyes and full lips, carved from a single piece of ivory… | *** |  |
| *** | An African tribal zebra skin-covered drum, circular with tapering sides on three wooden feet, a pair of carrying handles to the sides. Height 46 cm. Diameter 76 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Kozuka (knife handle) | *** |  |
| *** | A signed Inuit carved ivory polar bear, mid 20th century, a jovial polar bear with a fish, upon a squared base; signed B. Myxun underside. Height 5.5 cm. Width 5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Fijian Tambua, suspended by grass woven band, Presented to her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II in 1963 with newspaper provenance. Length 12 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Papua New Guinea bird of Paradise, specimen mounted on a log. Height 29 cm. Depth 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A sandstone sculpture, 19th century, possibly Indonesian, the simple and stylised image of a man and a woman riding a half horse figure, with a partly carved out central section indicating that the piece was formerly mounted on another structure; now upon… | *** |  |
| *** | Two African carved ivory busts, both in stylized naturalistic manner, one with a very tall pointed head. Height 24 cm. and 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Eastern Javanese Majapahit bronze mirror with handle, 13th to 16th century, the hand mirror, with a raised boss within concentric circles on the reverse of the polished surface, the shaped handle similar to Eastern Javanese examples, decorated with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A clay plaque and a small ornament by William Ricketts (1899-1993), the plaque featuring the face of an aboriginal youth in relief, and a tiny ornament with an attached tumbled veined ochre stone, depicting the face of an aboriginal elder; both with… | *** |  |
| *** | A New Zealand greenstone club, the tapering flat club of traditional design in deep green with black and white striations, and having a plaited leather cord attached to the handle. Length 30.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An African Shona serpentine stone hippopotamus, a recumbent hippopotamus in rich modulating greenstone hues, signed E. Arufaneti verso, height 10 cm, length 15.5 cm, width 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Indonesian carved Samba deer antler, Bali, early 20th century, the complete deer antler finely carved all over in high relief with scenes of the Balinese version of the Ramayana, the base carved with figure of Rangda, with a procession of Hindu deities… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three carved shells from New Caledonia, circa 1910, consisting of a hinged carved shell and a pair of carved shells, each decorated with various village scenes and ports. Height 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Zimbabwean Shona stone bust of a Ndebele woman, 1994, a bold portrait bust of a woman in striking green serpentine stone, signed Josh Chikumbirike and dated verso. Provenance: Nhombe Arts Harare, height 56 cm, width 47 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A taxidermy green sea turtle, mid-20th century most likely of Pacific origin, the taxidermy green sea turtle Chelonia mydas with a fine 13-plate shell, complete with head and legs, with hook for mounting to the wall, with a handwritten note in German to… | *** |  |
| *** | Four ivory animal figurines, a collection of finely carved and naturalistically posed African animals including a male lion, a warthog, a female antelope, and a hippopotamus with her calf, the latter signed, J Zuw?, underside. Length 7 cm. and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | An African carved ivory figure group, of a man and woman in a loving embrace, mounted on a wooden base. Height 21 cm. (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five Australian Aboriginal boomerangs, Variously embellished, some with simple fluting or gouge marks, others figurative with lightly engraved kangaroo motifs, length 67 cm and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | A West African Senufo tribal mask, 20th century, Ivory Coast, in timber and of highly stylised form, with a prominent brow, tapering to a pointed chin and having distinctive stem like headwear; with a display stand. Height 79 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A group of seven African and Papuan tribal artefacts, masks and figurative pieces, woven or traditionally carved from timber or nut, some with shell embellishments and paint. Heights: 50 cm, 37 cm, 28 cm and various shapes and sizes | *** |  |
| *** | An antique greenstone axe head. Length 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A group of assorted New Guinea n tribal artefacts, including carved and painted figures and dishes, bows, and arrows and spears, various sizes | *** |  |
| *** | Sithole, Freeman (b, 1960). Zimbabwean school. A fine naturalistic carved bust of an African man in richly marbled green and amber verdite stone; signed to the lower part of the figure and mounted upon a timber base. Height 30.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Balinese carved hardwood busts mid-20th century in dense, finely-figure wood, one of a maiden with her hair cascading down below a head-dress, the other of a young male figure in head-dress and with a sword over his shoulder, each with a… | *** |  |
| *** | two carved Dayak Shields, two food bowls and a Pourer, the tribal shields from Borneo, with arrow point ends and carved in relief with typical symbolic imagery, the hollowed timber bowls and pourer each with zoomorphic carved handles. Length 100 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Sulawesi Pottery vase and jar, Indonesia, 19th/20th century, the Sulawesi unglazed pottery vessels, comprising a vase with cylindrical neck and lobed baluster body, and a compressed baluster hexagonal form jar with a round opening and circular base,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Indonesian woven textile, decorated with stylized animal and geometric bands in cream, orange and blue on the salmon pink ground, the ends fringed. Length 206 cm. Width 69 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Wherra, Jack (Active 1960s-70s), Kimberley Region, Northern Territory, a pair of carved boab pods with figures and animals, signed Jack Wherra to the collar of both | *** |  |
| *** | A Javanese bronze vase with Wayang engraving, first half 20th century the slender tapering vase with a short flared neck, engraved throughout with the 'Wayang kulit' figures of Vibhishana and Princess Shinta in shaped reserves between patterned geometric… | *** |  |
| *** | A Inuit carved ivory figurine of a boot, mid 20th century, a miniature Inuit boot raised with a pin upon a base. Height 1.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Asmat carving from Irian Jaya. Collected in 2008, a relief carved panel surmounted by a traditionally posed ancestor figure. Length 95 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Asmat carving from Irian Jaya. Collected in 2008, a relief carved panel with patterns in natural dark and near white colours on brown, with a barbed spear motif to the centre and surmounted by the figure of a dog. Length 98 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two long carved Asmat carved Shields. The panel shaped shields with hand holds to the reverse, relief carved and with natural colours. Length 183 cm. And 178 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Parts of the Pacific' by a Peripatetic Parson, Swan Sonnenhein & Co, Limited, London, 1896; an anonymously published account, some pen and ink and photographic illustrations, with the original red cloth over boards with gilt title and native fishing boat… | *** |  |
| *** | A Dayak woven basket, Originating from Borneo, the oval basket with cover intricately woven from natural fibres, the lid with a carved timber bird finial, the part timber base with short trestle feet. Height 12 cm. Length 21.5 cm. Width 14.5 cm | *** |  |